Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.